Letters
Letters: How to clear the courts backlog – without scrapping juries
Tried and tested Sir: Your otherwise excellent leading article opposing proposed restrictions on jury trials (‘Judge not’, 29 November) misses…
Letters: Britain’s energy policy is unsustainable
Unsustainable energy Sir: Sir Richard Dearlove (‘Net cost’, 22 November) succinctly sums up the views of many of us who…
Letters: can you ever come back from Siberia?
Cross channel Sir: As a supporter of the BBC, it pains me to say that Rod Liddle and Lara Brown…
Letters: The case for decriminalising cannabis
Back to reality Sir: The harms caused by cannabis are not a result of a failure to police it properly…
Letters: Venezuela’s middle-class exodus
Minimum requirement Sir: Some of Charles Moore’s observations about the minimum wage are pertinent (Notes, 1 November). However, what many…
Letters: The difficulties of reporting on Gaza
Future proof Sir: Douglas Murray asks why Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech understated the problems (‘Imagine what Enoch Powell…
Letters: Trump’s true heir
SEN and sensibility Sir: As a former teacher and long-standing chair of governors in a local school, I share Rosie…
Georgia Toffolo: In defence of my husband James Watt
Rough justice Sir: The Church Commissioners’ plan to establish a £100 million (rising to £1 billion) fund for ‘reparative justice’…
Letters: Why shouldn’t we eat swan?
Zero chance Sir: In Tim Shipman’s wide-ranging article on Kemi Badenoch (‘I have a lot of self-belief’, 4 October), she…
Letters: the Church of England still has something meaningful to say
Moscow mule Sir: While visiting Russia, James Delingpole learned from the patriarchate’s press officer that under communism the Russian Church…
Letters: French universities still offer a proper education
Unhappy Union Sir: John Power is correct about George Abaraonye, the president-elect of the Oxford Union (‘Violent opposition’, 20 September).…
Letters: The shale gas illusion
The shale illusion Sir: Your leading article rightly makes the case for extracting as much of our North Sea resources…
Letters: White working-class pupils have been forgotten
In the way of justice Sir: Robert Jenrick is right to suggest that, as well as leaving the European Convention…
Letters: I’ve earned my final salary pension
Waning interest Sir: Michael Simmons correctly points out that the Treasury’s large-scale issuance of inflation-linked debt is adding heavily to…
Letters: Bring back the hotel bath!
Moore problems Sir: Many years ago a colleague warned me that I was so impossibly uncool that one day I…
Letters: Village cricket is the highest form of the sport
Fighting dirty Sir: John Power is very interesting (‘Dark matter’, 16 August) when outlining the ‘dark arts’ being proposed by…
Letters: Nigel Farage’s biggest weakness
Bad friend Sir: Tim Shipman’s examination of Reform’s success in attracting female voters contains an important warning for Nigel Farage…
Letters: What Trump has got right
Trumped up charges Sir: I am a huge admirer of Max Hastings, whose contribution to our knowledge and understanding of…
Letters: The case for recognising Palestine
State of emergency Sir: As someone who spent time undertaking research in Israel and Egypt, living for almost a year…
Letters: Don’t blame Andrew Bailey
The Bank’s breakdown Sir: Your cover story with its attack on Andrew Bailey (‘Broke Britain’, 19 July) tells only half…
Letters: Let the King choose the Archbishop of Canterbury
Supreme idea Sir: My colleague Fergus Butler-Gallie is right about the deficiencies of the Church of England’s system for filling…
Letters: Why we need libraries
NHS origins Sir: Your leading article ‘Wes or bust’ (5 July) credited Labour with founding the NHS. In fact, the…
Letters: What public inquiries get wrong
Movers and shakers Sir: As a parish priest of 35 years, I read Francis Pike’s account of his supernatural experiences…
Letters: Israel’s attack on Iran was no surprise
Moral support Sir: All of Tim Shipman’s reasons for the PM’s reluctance to support Israel sound outwardly plausible, though, from…
Letters: How lads’ mags spawned OnlyFans
Bad lads Sir: The articles on Britain’s relationship with porn were fascinating and frustrating in equal measure. Fascinating in that…
